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SPECIALIST BRITISH SPORTS/RACING CARS OF THE FIFTIES & SIXTIES
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1321245
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A marque by marque analysis - from AC to Warrior-Bristol. A nostalgic look back at some superb cars from a golden age of motor racing. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0850456436. Spine lightly bumped, tiny mark to front cover. Free front endpaper has a light crease vertically. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned, lightly faded to spine, some creasing to flaps.

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VELOCETTE FLAT-TWINS
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1321236
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All flat twins from LE of 1948 - plus LE MkII, Vogue, Valiant, VeeLine, and Viceroy - to LE MkIII of 1971. Osprey Collector's Library. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 0850456320. Spine and corners bumped. Ink date stamp to front pastedown. Foxing and pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is foxed and slightly edge rubbed.

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LOOKING AT CARRIAGES
Written by Sallie Walrond.
Stock no. 1822030
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. Horse-drawn vehicles from 18 different countries. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0720712823. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light mark to lower corner of front board. Text block lightly browned. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with creasing to laminate at spine.

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FORMULA FERRARI
Written by Umberto Zapelloni.
Stock no. 1822015
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed boards. The first official inside story of the most successful team in the history of Formula 1. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0340834714. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.

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ARIEL THE POSTWAR MODELS
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1321183
Published by Niton Publishing. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square 4, light and heavyweight singles and twins. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1855790106. Spine slightly bumped. Child's writing to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE WORKS MGS: THEIR STORY IN PRE-WAR AND POST-WAR RACES, RALLIES, TRIALS AND RECORD-BREAKING
Written by Mike Allison; Peter Browning.
Stock no. 1321181
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. The authoritative story of all the MGs prepared and entered by the MG Car Company and its successors in international competition from the 1920s to the late 1960s. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 296 pages. ISBN: 9780857330147. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased.

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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
Written by James Henderson.
Stock no. 1821996
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 1876268247. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1821990
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Text block slightly browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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ROAD TRANSPORT SOUTH EAST WALES
Written by Paul Heaton.
Stock no. 1821935
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Featuring businesses in South East Wales, two of which started out carrying on household removals before graduation into general haulage operating curtainsider and van traffic. Another has been involved as civil engineers and road surface contractors. Another a major operator of modern eight-wheel tippers, and pioneer in waste management. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872006221. A lovely copy.

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THE MINI: FORTY YEARS OF FUN
Written by Brian Laban.
Stock no. 1821934
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the Mini and all that it stands for. To many thousands of people around the world the Mini is a way of life. The story of the car's development, size, style, class, sex, speed, taste and money. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 0004140818. Corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly rubbed at corners, creased at top edge, small closed tear to top rear edge of spine.

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CIRCUITO DEL GARDA: QUINDICI VOLTE VIA!
Written by Giancarlo Cavallini.
Stock no. 2134655
Published by Edizioni Negri. 1st ITALY 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Circuito del Garda is an Italian racing venue in Salò on the banks of Lake Garda, known for hosting fifteen Grand Prix races between 1921 and 1966. Large format. Blue boards, white title to front board. Text in Italian and English. B/w photos. 189 pages. Small amount of surface paper damage to couple of pages at beginning of contents, where pages were slightly stuck together. Otherwise, contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with grubby marks; price sticker taped to front flap.

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THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORMULA 1 1950-2000: 51 YEARS OF FORMULA 1 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Pierre Menard.
Stock no. 1821790
Published by Robinson Publishing. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Large format. Two Volumes. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. A very heavy set. ISBN: 1841192597. Spine edges rubbed and lightly worn. A few scuffs and mottling to boards. A few minor foxspots. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a worn at open edge corners and lightly scuffed.

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